Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Saunders Unlikely For June, GGG To Wait For Canelo

[Motorcity Cobra]

I'm pretty sure Loeffler is still trying to make Saunders.

When asked about the story he said no comment.

If he denied it, we'd know that he thinks Saunders fight will happen.

If he confirmed it, then obviously Saunders fight not happening.

No comment to me is in the middle, he's working on the Saunders fight but doesn't know if it will get made. No comment strengthens his bargaining position against BJS and the Astana organizers, so it's the smartest thing to say if you're still negotiating.

The soreness thing is bull****, nobody said Golovkin isn't fighting in June because he's sore, that's the conclusion the author of the article made, and it's a weak conclusion. Abel just said Golovkin isn't injured, just more sore than usual. Abel wasn't saying anything about whether that would effect a June fight. Abel's been saying he expects the June fight to happen.

One thing I've noticed on boxing forums, people assume all headlines are true before there is anything official. Articles are written to get internet traffic, and unnamed sources may be people who don't know ****.

If he was still working on the Saunders fight he wouldn't say no comment when asked if GGG is skipping the Saunders fight. He'd say we're still working on it. He has talked about the fight with Saunders since the Jacobs fight. Why go silent now?

[Madison Boxing]

Saunders doesn't want the fight? What was the point of Warren to pay the step aside fee for Saunders' WBO mandatory? Weren't you a big GGG advocate? What happened? Maybe you make a thread on what's so damn special about Canelo. You might get green K...

im pretty sure i did a thread saying canelo was overrated a few months ago.

[Ray*]

******** hell!!!!!! In recent years you had Amir Khan ducking Devon Alexander because he thought Mayweather was fighting him next, hope this isn't an error from Team GGG. You got to make your own career path.

[BlakBread904]

poor form if true...the BJS fight is legacy defining...Canelo fight is just a $$ grab..

poor form Team GGG if true. smdh

[Scipio2009]

lets see if canelo makes anther excuse

Golovkin already has an offer in hand, so what are you even talking about?

If Golovkin wants the fight, unless the offer was already rescinded, he can have the fight.

The simple reality is that Alvarez isn't going to cut K2 in on his full event, and that's unlikely to change

[Boxing Logic]

that is exactly what they tried to do.....
http://www.boxingscene.com/golovkin-...se-bid--109500

the WBA refused.....
http://www.boxingscene.com/golovkin-...-fight--109535

just another one of those strange things that you guys cannot understand I guess

some of us have got it figured out

We have a different understanding of what happened because I can read, and you can't. Here it is from your own link, dumba** lmao.

"If they can reach an agreement by Oct. 12, we just ask for contracts,” Mendoza said. “If they can’t, I’ll call for a purse bid within 10 days [Oct. 22]"

So if GGG wanted to avoid Jacobs, he could have just waited until October 22, gotten a purse bid at 25%, and Jacobs would have dropped the regular belt. The WBA's final ruling was 25% for Jacobs, so if GGG wanted to avoid Jacobs, they would have just offered 25%. "You're not entitled to any more than this, so take it or leave it."

Instead, they offered Jacobs around 40%, way more than he was entitled to. Hmm why did they do that if they didn't want to fight Jacobs LOL? I mean hot dayum you are DUMB as all hell. "Here I'm going to offer you 40% to fight me instead of 25%, I'm going to overpay you like crazy to fight me... because I don't want to fight you!" LOL that makes sense. I mean WOW you are dumb. How did you get this dumb man? I want to know what happened. Is there a story? I really just want to understand HOW. It's driving me crazy I just can't figure it out. HOW????? HOW???????????

[Scipio2009]

Jacobs needs to jump on Saunders ASAP

Jacobs isn't really in position to pay Saunders the $3m price that he seems to have set for leaving the UK for a defense, tbf.

Jacobs and his camp don't really need to do anything just yet; enjoy resting up with his family, and host a fight party for Alvarez-Chavez Jr.

Alvarez-ChavezJr is set to be a barnburner (ChavezJr being in phenomenal shape helps), so it's very likely that, with Cotto fighting late June, Alvarez-ChavezJr II is the likely lean for Alvarez's September PPV.

Once/If that ends up being the case, Golovkin and K2 have no other option but to call up Jacobs for another money fight (unless he's simply happy to tickover another mandatory defense while he waits).

Golovkin-Jacobs, counting the proceeds from the PPV and live gate, the event sponsors, international TV, merch, etc, likely left K2 splitting $10m between themselves, Jacobs, and Golovkin. The rematch is going to be a bigger take.

Stage the fight for the late summer (an August PPV possibly), gauge the interest in the fight from MGM Resorts (I'm pretty sure that the spectre of fighting on Mexican Independence Day in front of a packed out AT&T Stadium would outwiegh the financial impact of running the fight back at T-Mobile Arena), and push that event through the summer.

[Scipio2009]

Not surprised, there was no way Golovkin was walking away from that war with Jacobs at 35 years of age and not feeling it. Jacobs touched him up a lot. He is wise to wait until September for a potential Canelo fight, but he still wants that WBO belt. Saunders may we tell GGG to get f***ed in the future.

Billy Joe Saunders is sharp, but he's also pretty straightforward; pay him his money, and he'll fight you wherever you want to fight.

I just have serious doubt that K2/Golovkin will ever actually come up with the money.

[Scipio2009]

Mayweather may have first say at MGM, but he will not move canelo from sept 16 or cinco de mayo ever again. Believe that

If the choice is carrying Floyd-McGregor or carrying Alvarez-ChavezJr II or Alvarez-Golovkin, there's not a single cable satellite operator that'll choose to not carry the Floyd fight, lol.

TV Azteca will likely choose to air Alvarez-ChavezJr II, but I doubt that Televisa would pass on Floyd-McGregor to also air Alvarez-ChavezJr II

[Scipio2009]

money talks

So Saunders is more difficult than Canelo. GGG rather face Canelo than Saunders according to u.

versus Alvarez would get him a legit 8-figure purse; versus Saunders only got Golovkin an imaginary 8-figure purse.

not that complicated